«Die Neue Zeit», 1913-14, XXXII, 1, pp. 711-2.

A summary of an article by A. Jex (Shanghai) in «The Socialist Review» (1913, No. 1). The article is entitled «Reaction in China».

The author provides translations of the statutes of Chinese socialist parties and organizations. He is struck by their «vagueness», their «pious wishes». In Chinese, socialism and society are one word (Shi Hui). A number of socialists have been executed. A worker, Wen (from Shanghai) (executed) founded the «Workers' Party of the Chinese Republic». This party successfully conducted a 3-day strike of silver stampers in Shanghai in early 1913. The program is utterly unclear. There was also a «Chinese Socialist Party» — and a «pure (sic!) socialist party». The leaders for the most part have been executed. The parties have been destroyed by Yuan Shikai.